The Grill Jichana Durban — Restaurant in North Beach

It was our first time at this restaurant, and we were very disappointed with our experience there! It was actually a Valentine's Date Night Special which you would think to get special treatment to mark the occasion however that wasn't the case! The restaurant wasn't even busy yet the service was so slow. The starter was the only tasty dish (Spicy Chicken Livers). Our mains were not good (steak), ordered medium. A good steak would melt in your mouth, when cut the knife should just glide through. This was like cutting rubber, and chewing it was just the same. I'd only eaten 2 tiny bites. The chips were also a bit sad, but veggies were tasty. Dessert was ok, lemon tart had the lemon flavour but an eggy taste was coming through as well, and the candied nuts mentioned were like tiny scraps on there. Good presentation of the food however misleading considering the taste of it. We had to wait a while to order drinks and receive it. We stay so often at the Elangeni Hotel, and it's sad to see that a restaurant like this is spoiling the good reputation of this hotel. May be it was just our bad luck to receive bad service and food on that night. Nevertheless, Very Disappointing service, won't be...

By FAR the WORST experience, we did not even get to eat the food. We requested the air con be switched on- as it was extremely hot, waitron said it’d take about 20min for someone at maintenance to arrive -never happened. We arrived before 2 tables that received their food (they ordered grills & we ordered one salad & a burger) We requested bread while we waited- the waitron said that there is no bread, yet a table that arrived after us received it- after we asked for bread. Our food took over an hour to arrive- this is after we complained, the waitron complained about the restaurant being busy when there were only 6/7 tables & 3 waitrons and a number of chefs. The salad was not prepped properly and did not look appetising The burger looked dry. It didn’t look like it had just been done. We were treated with the utmost disrespect & not prioritised as guest at all. One would assume that waiting for an hour for food, the food would at least look appetising. Pinky -the waitron served TWO tables that had more people than us. Nicholata’s apology was...

This is a very nice restaurant! The environment and atmosphere are so beautiful and nice. The servants are also very polite, kind, and attentive. The food, no complaints!! IT WAS NICE!! VERY DELICIOUS. I decided to take the Lamb Shank, with smashed potatoes and veggies. The Lamb was very delicious, well seasoned, and everything. And to drink I got the famous Strawberry Daiquiri, also very nice, but if you are a person who is not really into very sweet things, I don't recommend you this one, cuz as it gets to the end you will feel it getting even more sweeter. Unfortunately, I didn't have a dessert, but I'm pretty sure they are also nice.

P.S: Unfortunately, this time, I didn't bring a review of one of Maputo's restaurants, but in case you travel to Durban, please...